Reviews by ella_ayates

Have to admit I'm not usually a live album fan, but this is a whole different universe- the audience is what makes this album incredible. You can really feel the atmosphere: the announcements, Johnny Cash's little comments, the cheers, the laughs- but my absolute favourite part is when he mentions Folsom in Cocaine Blues and you hear a little whoop- like someones shouted out your hometown in a song.
Favourite song: Folsom Prison Blues (also love Greystone Chapel)
Least: Dirty Old Egg-Suckin' Dog

Gets some extra love from me for the maths name- as James Acaster once said "every triangle is a love triangle if you love triangles!". Not the kind of music I would have picked for myself but I liked this far more than I thought I would, and as an album it did a very good job of keeping the vibe consistent while having each song be different.
Favourite: Are You Happy? (or Old Kentucky Home)
Least: The Wolf of Velvet Fortune

Doesn't have any of my favourite Neil Young songs on but still has all the beauty of Neil Young-ness. Has a very raw almost live music feeling to it that occasionally slips a little too into the unrefined/unpolished demo vibe for me.
It's good but there's much better out there, including much better Neil Young music.
Favourite song: New Mama
Least: Borrowed Tune (or Mellow My Mind- not his best singing)

I liked it a lot more this morning than I did at the end of the day yesterday- think a certain amount of energy is needed to listen to this album. Good but not amazing and definitely got a bit repetitive after a while.
Favourite song: Used
Least: Burnt Alive

Really really liked this album. Had to double check when it was made cause it could have easily been a modern album. Shocked that I've never listened to an Elvis Costello album before, and very happy (having read the reviews complaining about it) to learn that I have more Elvis Costello albums coming my way!
Also Pump It Up clearly inspired the guitar in Brutal by Olivia Rodrigo, which is fun!
Favourite song: Hand in Hand (or Lip Service or Living in Paradise)
Least: Little Triggers

Bit of a weird mix of songs. Why is Papa Was a Rollin' Stone eleven minutes long!
Some really good songs but as an album it felt a bit all over the place. I preferred the slower songs (bit of a relief after how chaotic the first song felt).
Favourite song: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Least: Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On

Think it starts really strong and then gets worse which left me waiting for the album to finish.
Favourite song: War Pigs /Luke's Wall
Least: Rat Salad

Every song seemed to have one too many things going on (maybe that's what happens when you get through so many band members). All a bit too chaotic and noisy for me to really like.
Favourite song: Petty (Thief) Lout
Least: Bombast

What an incredible voice! Which is why it's a shame that some of the songs on the album don't have him demonstrating how amazing his voice is.
Favourite song: Cry to Me
Least: Hard, Ain't It Hard

Just a really good album which manages to be varied without ever feeling disconnected. There were a few moments of repetitivity and some songs where the talk-singing annoyed me. A lot of songs that I'll be listening to again!
Favourite song: Hateful (or Wrong 'Em Boyo)
Least: The Right Profile

It’s not my favourite Taylor swift album- I don’t think the lyrics are quite at the level some of her other albums reach. That being said it is banger after banger- I found picking favourite/least very difficult cause almost any song on this album could be my favourite on any given day.
Favourite song: Out of The Woods (or Is It Over Now? if we include bonus/vault songs)
Least: All You Had To Do Was Stay

The songs I liked were pretty good fun and I’ll probably listen again but didn’t completely make up for the songs that were boring or noisy.
Favourite song: I’m the Man That Loves You (or Kamera)
Least: Reservations

Haven’t seen the film that the album’s named after- maybe that would have made me like it more. But as it is it varied between the strange and annoying and the slow and boring- sometimes managing to hit both.
Favourite song: Medication
Least: Out of the Void

Fun to have a song that samples a song we’ve already had in the 1001 albums! Think how much I liked the first song made the rest of the album a little bit disappointing but still really enjoyable.
Favourite song: (3 is) The Magic Number
Least: De La Orgee

Didn’t listen

Okay songs with really strange and annoying noises over the top- think the fact I was relieved when it ended says everything.
Favourite song: Summertime Clothes
Least: Daily Routine

Another one where the album art had me a bit scared before I started listening but I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would! Some of the songs sounded quite similar to me. Not sure a plane at 9am is the ideal setting for the album though.
Favourite song: Not the One
Least: Smash

So weird! Feel like these guys just made whatever they wanted to and sometimes that’s really good songs and sometimes it’s complaining that they can’t see tits on the radio!
Wasn’t expecting to be screamed at :(
Favourite song: Take Your Mama
Least: Comfortably Numb

Very fun album with some big hits, some songs were a bit repetitive for me.
Favourite song: Three Little Birds
Least: Natural Mystics

I'm not quite angry enough to truly appreciate Rage Against the Machine but I like the stuff they're saying (even if they're saying it a little too aggressively for me).
Favourite: Take the Power Back
Least: Settle For Nothing